A PRETTY CONCEIT.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 9540, 28 November 1893, Page 4

A PRETTY CONCEIT.

The enormous sates of the Waterbnry have led firms who do not cute for a steady turn-over at a legitimate profit to explore tho purlieus of the Continent for cheap Inferior " tickers "—we do not call them watches — with which to " run the Waterbnry." These possess 000 virtue only— that of showing the dealer a retard of some 150 per cent on his outlay. That they should keep time is a matter of no moment, co Ion? as they resemble the Waterbary In outward appearance, style of oasing, &C-, with sullieient closeness to deceive a careless or unwary purchaser. Firms doing this often say to u=, " What do we care ; we can make five f hillings a watch more on them than we can on yonts ; and as to keeping time, well, our troubles about that." Bayers requiring reliable watches can trust the Waterbnry, and the public reqnlrlng the correct time abonld see that they get it. The gents' or ladies' Waterbury, gold filled or in sterling silver, are handsome, inexpensive, and durable ; whilst the nickel varieties are bo well known that they require no Jnrther recommendation. It 1b a pretty conceit for here and there a stray trader to think bis imports of the " Nebncbadnezzw," the " Millenium," the "Gonbung," or some other specially titled monstrosity, has any effect on the Waterbnry market, whilst for every watch he nervously orders over one hundred Waterbarys are always afloat for New Zealand. The real strength of the Waterbnry lies in its absolnte reliability, in other words its absolute refusat to keep anything but the correct time. We sometimes see "tlokers"— we still bar them oDy other title— offered for sale which are really wonderful combina'bns. They not only exhibit the whole of the celestial bodies on ttalr faces, bat keep time, or profess be, tell yon the state oi the money marftet, the amount of any particular member's indebtedness at Bellamys', and the name of the next bank to reconßtrnct in Australia. The Waterbnry does not do this, It simply keeps correct time, and goes on doing; bg, 77